000
FZNT02 KNHC 091616
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI 
1630 UTC FRI JAN 09 2009

SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS

SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH IS THE AVERAGE 
HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES. INDIVIDUAL WAVES MAY
BE MORE THAN TWICE THE SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT.

SECURITE

ATLANTIC BETWEEN 07N TO 31N W OF 35W INCLUDING CARIBBEAN SEA
AND GULF OF MEXICO

SYNOPSIS VALID 1200 UTC FRI JAN 09.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC SAT JAN 10.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC SUN JAN 11.

.WARNINGS.
...GULF OF MEXICO GALE...
.42 HOUR FORECAST  FROM 20N TO 23N W OF 95W  N WIND TO 35 KT.  
SEAS BUILD TO 12 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  LITTLE CHANGE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC COLD FRONT 31N62W TO 22N77W.  N OF 28N WITHIN 600 NM E OF 
COLD FRONT  SW WIND 20 TO 30 KT.  SEAS 14 FT.  SECOND COLD FRONT 
FROM 31N75W TO 28N81W.  N OF 28N  W TO NW WIND 20 TO 30 KT.  
SEAS 13 FT.  FROM 24N TO 28N BETWEEN 50W AND 65W SE TO S WIND 20 
TO 25 KT.  SEAS 10 FT.   
.24 HOUR FORECAST  MERGED COLD FRONTS FROM 31N50W TO 25N60W. 
N OF 29N WITHIN 300 NM E OF COLD FRONT  SW WIND 20 TO 25 KT.  
SEAS 14 FT.  S OF 22N E OF 61W  E WIND 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS TO 10 
FT.  ELSEWHERE N OF 22N E OF 65W  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 14 
FT IN NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  N OF 29N W OF 73W  SW WIND 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS 
8 FT.  N OF 22N E OF 65W  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 14 FT IN 
NW SWELL.  S OF 22N NE WIND 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS 10 FT.

.CARIBBEAN FROM 11N TO 16N BETWEEN 66W AND 83W  NE TO E WIND 20 
KT EXCEPT TO 25 KT NEAR COAST OF COLOMBIA.  SEAS 10 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  S OF 20N...INCLUDING WINDWARD PASSAGE...NE TO 
E WIND 20 TO 25 KT EXCEPT TO 30 KT NEAR COAST OF COLOMBIA.
SEAS TO 10 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  S OF 18N NE TO E WIND 20 TO 25 KT EXCEPT TO 
30 KT NEAR COAST OF COLOMBIA.  SEAS 12 FT.

.GULF OF MEXICO S OF 25N W OF 90W  SE WIND 20 KT. 
SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  LITTLE CHANGE.
.42 HOUR FORECAST  COLD FRONT FROM 30N85W TO 23N95W TO 19N95W...
EXCEPT AS NOTED IN WARNINGS...N OF 28N E OF  COLD FRONT  SW WIND 
20 KT.  SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  LITTLE CHANGE.  

.REMAINDER OF AREA  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

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FORECASTER WALLY BARNES